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Having reached age 84, Leatrice Shoemaker figured it was time she did something she always wanted to do. Her chance came Friday evening, when she climbed into a basket below a 250,000-cubic-foot hot-air balloon and drifted away from the earth's boundless gravity. The basket she was in was the largest of about a dozen that were lifted off the ground Friday at the Green Grove Gardens Hot Air Balloon Festival 2012. The event continues through Sunday. Helicopter rides are being offered today.

I recently wrote a column about getting along, but it will have to wait until next week. The theme of that column has to do with political factions getting along for the betterment of people as a whole. But after our esteemed president, his administration and his staff spent time in “la la land,” I just don't have getting along in my heart for today's column. Two weeks ago the Obama administration gutted the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 (President Bill Clinton signed the law) by abolishing reasonable standards that define work.

An upcoming festival planned in Antrim Township, Pa., will feature entertainment both on the ground and in the air. Green Grove Gardens off Pa. 16 will host its second hot air balloon festival Aug. 3 to 5. Planning continues for the family-friendly festival that drew thousands when first held two years ago. Although the festival's focus is on hot air balloons, games and activities are planned to entertain crowds when the balloons are grounded....

A Waynesboro-area pilot received an award Monday for volunteering to fly people to medical appointments at hospitals hundreds of miles from their homes. Daniel DeDona received the award from Washington Township (Pa.) Manager Mike Christopher, who made the presentation on behalf of Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic. “I think Dan is a special person. ... It's a great honor to be presenting this,” Christopher said. Angel Flight is a nonprofit organization that utilizes volunteers and their personal airplanes to transport patients for medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment.

A small Florida airline is hoping to take over federally-subsidized commuter flights from Hagerstown to Baltimore - if the price is right. Sun Air International, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Transportation in late April offering to take over daily flights from Hagerstown Regional Airport to either Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport or Dulles International Airport, President and...

The 17th annual Maryland Regional Aviation Conference will be held at Hagerstown Regional Airport - Richard A. Henson Field from Thursday through Saturday. The annual Maryland Regional Festival of Flight, which is open to the public, will be held at the Hagerstown Aircraft Services building Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in conjunction with the ninth annual Washington County Museum Ramble. On Thursday, aviation conference attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of activities.

Allegiant Air's $59.99 introductory fare from Hagerstown to Orlando is only for some flights, airline spokeswoman Jessica Wheeler said Friday. In his announcement Thursday that Allegiant would offer twice-weekly flights between Hagerstown Regional Airport and Orlando starting May 25, Allegiant Manager of Airports Eric Fletcher announced an “introductory fare of $59.99 each way.” The company news release issued at the time of the announcement said...

Washington County officials this morning officially announced that Allegiant Air, which previously provided air service out of Hagerstown Regional Airport, will again offer flights between Hagerstown and Orlando. County, airline and airport officials made the announcement Thursday morning at the airport, although the information already had been posted on the airport's website. The nonstop jet service between Hagerstown and Orlando, Fla., via Orlando Sanford International Airport will begin May 25, a release on the airport's webpage said.

Lured by incentives from Washington County, Allegiant Air is taking another go at providing air service from Hagerstown to Orlando, starting May 25, county and airline officials announced Thursday. The company, which flew the same route in 2008 through 2010, will again offer twice-weekly flights, generally on Mondays and Fridays, from Hagerstown Regional Airport toOrlando-Sanford International Airport, Allegiant Manager of Airports Eric Fletcher said. Tickets are already on sale, with an introductory rate of $59.99 each way for tickets purchased by April 12. The service will fill the gap left last August when Direct Air ended its service from the county-owned airport to Myrtle Beach and Lakeland, Fla. Currently, the airport's only commercial service is its commuter flights to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

A Washington County District Court judge on Thursday nearly tripled the bond amount for a man charged a day earlier with using a handgun to rob Wayne's Country Store in Hagerstown. During a bail-review hearing conducted via closed-circuit TV from the Washington County Detention Center, Judge Mark D. Thomas increased the bond for Corey Anthony Dunbar, 42, of 1653 Langley Drive in Hagerstown, from $250,000 to $700,000. Police said Wednesday they believed Dunbar was a resident of Prince George's County, Md. Washington County Assistant State's Attorney Mark Boyer asked Thomas during the hearing to increase the bond amount because Dunbar was facing a significant amount of prison time and had a previous escape charge in Montgomery County, Md. Dunbar was charged with one count each of armed robbery, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, firearm use in a violent crime, firearm possession with a felony conviction, robbery, reckless endangerment and theft of less that $100, according to the charging summary.